Shooter Kang Yi-seul and Rookie Song Yoon-ha collaborate, and KB Stars is the driving force behind the sinking of the leader BNK
Jan 03, 2025
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KB Stars beat No. 1 team BNK Sum 70-60 in the 'Hana Bank 2024-2025 Women's Professional Basketball' held at Cheongju Gymnasium on the 3rd, breaking its four-game losing streak. In addition, he slightly widened his gap with Shinhan Bank and Hana Bank, which are tied for fifth, by one game to maintain his sole fourth place.
For KB, it was a valuable victory to gain confidence that they had caught the No. 1 team and escaped losing consecutive games. KB met BNK three times in the first half and lost all three times, but it was clearly different in their first face-off since the All-Star Game break.
KB led 20-11 in the first quarter and gained momentum, but was tied to nine points in the second quarter. On the other hand, BNK finished the first half with a 38-29 lead with a scary offense that scored 27 points in the second quarter alone with Kim Sonia at the forefront.
However, in the second half, KB gained momentum again. Shooter Kang Yi-seul's performance, which swept 26 points, including four three-point shots, was outstanding. On top of that, considering that BNK is a team without a center, rookie forward Song Yoon-ha, who has good physical conditions, defended firmly under the basket and succeeded in turning the tables with 26 seconds left in the third quarter, which was not overturned.
In particular, Song Yoon-ha scored a come-from-behind goal at the end of the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, he showed a surprise turnaround shot as well as an attack, defensive rebound, assist and steal that was not like a rookie in the first year, becoming the top contributor to the victory along with Kang Yi-seul.
As a result, Song Yun-ha has emerged as the biggest competitor in Shinhan Bank's hot player, rookie Hong Yoo-soon's bid for the Rookie of the Year. Song Yoon-ha scored 15 points, eight rebounds, and four assists, including one three-point game, and Kang Yi-seul scored 26 points and eight rebounds, respectively. In addition, Kang Yi-seul is trying to achieve the minimum game and the youngest three-point 800, but there are only eight left.
In BNK, Kim Sonia scored 22 points, but shooter Lee So-hee scored 8 points and Park Hye-jin only scored 5, failing to continue her momentum of 12 wins and 3 losses in the first half and 80% winning rate.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
